Repairing railroad-ties.



No. 652,45. Patented June 26, I900.

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REPAIRING RAILROAD TIES.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1900.)

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UNITED Stamps Par-isn't FFlClZt CHARLES F. YOUNG, OF GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN.

REPAIRING RAILROAD-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,415, dated June 26,1900. Application filed April 4, 1900. Serial No. 11,516. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in RepairingRailroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the manner of repairing worn andbruised railroad-ties immediately under the rails; and its objects are,first, to provide for repairing the tie without removing it from itsbed, and, second, to avert the necessity of replacing old ties with newones for the simple reason that by constant Wear the rails have marredand cut into the tie and destroyed the bearing for the rail. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a plan of a section of railroadtrack, showing mydevice in position in several places. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a tiewith my device in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the plates withtie-rods in place. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show the various forms of tie-rods;and Fig. 7 is a perspective of one section of the plates, showing a spurfor holding them to place in lieu of the tie-rods and a groove in theunder surface for the free passage of air.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the ties.

B represents the rails.

(J represents my device, which consists of thin narrow strips of Woodjointed at the edges and placed crosswise of the ties in suitable dados,as indicated in Fig. 2, so that they will lie under and longitudinal ofthe rail, as in Fig. 1, and they may be bound together by a tie-rod, asD or D, arranged with a spike or spur cl for each strip of Wood C thatis used for each bearing, or this may be replaced by a spike or spur, asd, without the rod; but I prefer the use of the rods, as with them theplates are held more securely to place by rea son of the rail restingupon them, so that it is impossible for them to change their position inthe least.

In Fig. 4, D represents a tie-rod made out of sheet metal or ofmalleable iron, and Din the following views represents it made fromwire, and Fig. 6 represents itwith three spurs for use Where threestrips are necessary to form a complete plate, it being preferable tohave a spur for each strip used.

I prefer that these plates be laid in coaltar or other suitablesubstance that will avert decay, and when not laid in such substance Iprefer that they be grooved, as in Fig. 7, so

that a free current of air can pass beneath them.

At A, I have shown a tie with the rails cut away to show the manner ofplacing the plates thereon, and at c I have shown apertures for thereception of the spikes that hold the rails to place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In combination, a railroad-tie, having a dado cut across its uppersurface, strips of wood fitted to fill said dado, and tie-rods to securesaid strips together and to the tie, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In combination, a railroad-rail, a tie beneath said rail and having adado across beneath the rail, a plate composed of strips of wood fittedto fill said dado and having apertures for the reception of spikes,tie-rods on said plates beneath the rails, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

. Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 26, 1900.

CHARLES F. YOUNG.

In presence of-- LOUIE OILLEY, I. J. OILLEY.

